hoquet
French, noun/ɔ.kɛ/
hoquet is spelled H-O-Q-U-E-T (6 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written French, the 31,386th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hoquet is a French masculine noun meaning “hiccup (spasm of the diaphragm)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Secousse, choc, heurt”.
What does hoquet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehiccup (spasm of the diaphragm)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Secousse, choc, heurt. 2. Mouvement convulsif du diaphragme, qui s’accompagne d’une espèce de son articulé. 3. Empêchement.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of hoquet
- hoquets plural
- ^((h aspiré))\ɔ.kɛ\ singular plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hoquet?
- /ɔ.kɛ/
- ^((h aspiré))\ɔ.kɛ\
- [o.kɛ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hoquet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hoquet in French?
hoquet appears 1.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).